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U4W5 Progress Checkup Practice

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The settlers purchased provisions before they left.

a)

insurance

b)

land

c)

supplies

d)

tickets

2.

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

It was hard for the wagons to cross the terrain.

a)

busy toad

b)

area of land

c)

tall buildings

d)

body of water

3.

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The people decided to build a settlement.

a)

wagon train

b)

railroad

c)

ship

d)

village

4.

Directions: Choose the word or group of words that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The bandits hid behind large rocks.

a)

drivers

b)

outlaws

c)

passengers

d)

guides

5.

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which phrase is a synonym for oblige in the sentence below.

Diego was happy to oblige.

a)

turn the other way

b)

request assistance

c)

ask for payment

d)

do a favor for someone

6.

Choose the word that matches each definition.

to cause a problem with the way something works.

a)

abrupt

b)

corruption

c)

disrupt

d)

erupted

7.

Choose the word that matches each definition.

a room where people listen to a performance.

a)

audit

b)

audition

c)

auditorium

d)

audiocassette

8.

Choose the word that matches each definition.

something written quickly that is hard to read

a)

describe

b)

prescribe

c)

scribble

d)

subscribe

9.

Choose the word that matches each definition.

the action of breaking

a)

bankrupt

b)

corrupt

c)

interrupt

d)

rupture

10.

My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

11.

The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

12.

The tree shook its branches angrily. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

13.

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor